Megan Kingsbury
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Author šActress š and Film Director š½ļø by day
Animation š¬ fanatic by night
Cosplayer šļøšŖ” all the way in between
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Stuck in the Eternal Traffic Jam
The year is 3034. I have been stuck in this traffic jam for three weeks now. If you want to know how and why you find this letter, and myself, stuck in what I know to be an eternal traffic jam, by all means read on. But I warn you now that what you learn here can never be unlearnt.
By Megan Kingsbury5 years ago in Fiction
Cosplaying is a Superpower that most People Underestimate
Itās hard to miss when a comic convention is happening near you, especially when you pop down to the shops for your weekly groceries and bump into Spiderman casually picking up his lunch with his palls Link, Super Mario and Sailor Moon. Cosplaying, for those of you who are knew to the concept, is simply the act of dressing up as a character and then bringing them to life. Cos = Costume, Play = roleplay. One of the best parts about cosplaying is that you donāt need to be a fashionista or costume maker to participate; many people will pay pocket money for an already made costume online and manage to pull off as good an experience and character as someone who has spent the prior two months turning a sheet of fabric into fantasy armour. Cosplaying is simply the enjoyment of becoming a character you admire and loosing yourself in a fictional world for a couple of days where no one will judge you. At the convention at least.
By Megan Kingsbury5 years ago in Geeks
She-Ra and the Princesses of Queer
My whole life I have been so sure of one thing: I am straight. So much so that I knew that if I were a guy I would be gay. Thereās not a lot in this world that you can be so sure of, but I knew that the one thing that I could always count on was my identity and sexuality. For sure, an accolade for being two of the biggest contributing factors to my two-dimensional world goes to both the very traditional life I have been brought up in and the unaccepting representation of the queer community in films, tv shows and books that I divulged in when I was growing up. I had always felt that when the world was coming to accept the LGBTQIA+ community the media wanted to be a part of that world but in so many cases the writing of queer characters were so clumsily done it reeked of āwe need to fit some form of queer into this so that we arenāt seen as prejudiceā. In almost every teen drama there was a background gay couple ā commonly the comedic duo ā and their clumsily written presence and overly advertised queer appearance made way for so much on-screen sexual chemistry that there left no room for genuine character development and in turn love for the characters, their journeys and their representation. It was also frequently an unrealistic portrayal for the vast majority of the community they tried to represent, especially when they conformed to the well-rehearsed stereotypes.
By Megan Kingsbury5 years ago in Pride
I've Just Been Shot And That Bullet Has Sent Me Back To 1981
Itās an unexplainable wonder. A passion or a love that you donāt understand and canāt fully explain. I didnāt realise how much I loved the fashion of the 80s until I watched the hit TV series sequel to Life on Mars ā Ashes to Ashes. Maybe I was an 80s fashionista in my previous life, or maybe I really was just born in the wrong decade, but there is something about the fashion of this underappreciated decade that I feel we could learn from and bring back to our own time. This isnāt just a matter of personal preference, but something I believe could be economically, environmentally and socially beneficial.
By Megan Kingsbury5 years ago in Styled
At The Edge of The Water
I have always been so fascinated by the sea. My home, in Scotland, overlooked Port Glasgow. 1841. I grew up with the salty scent of the ocean, the sounds of the gentle crashes of the waves and the beguiling bustling of each new shipās crew as they offloaded and onloaded their cargo. I would watch from the window of my parentās room, sitting and staring from dawn till dusk, soaking in the sun and the smell of fish from the small open gap of the window and I would hear the distant sound of sea shanties as they drifted far out to sea. As the years moved on it became a pattern of mine to sit at that window, studying the ships as they came to our shore. I patiently sat there until I could see the first ship dawn on the horizon, just peacefully sitting there like a small toy-like ship silhouetted by the sun. Before long it would grow bigger and bigger until docked at our shore the people pilling off its deck had become larger than the ship on the horizon. It towered with great magnitude and magnificence over the cowering houses; the masts so high it looked to someone as small as me, like it touched the skies. But too soon the ship, following its protocol, would be loaded up with new supplies and new passengers as the same Captain and crew would sail the boat away with ghostly elegance back onto the horizon.
By Megan Kingsbury5 years ago in Petlife
Edinburgh's Local Italian Treasure
La Bruschetta is a small luxurious Italian restaurant in the centre of Scotlandās capital city ā Edinburgh. A family-run business, La Bruschetta has been in the hearts of many Edinburgh locals and foreign travellers for the past nineteen years. The physical size of the premises doesnāt curtail the great community and family that they have built over the years with their five star one of a kind Menu A La Carte and warm welcoming staff.
By Megan Kingsbury5 years ago in Feast
Operation: Dream Date
āSmooth? You ken thatās a smooth operation?ā Brown snorted his whiskey before it had even reached his mouth. āAyeā¦ Sirā McGowan hastily added at the end of his nonchalance. āWe got the lass, I didnae ken what the fuss is about?ā
By Megan Kingsbury5 years ago in Humans
The Most Powerful Find Is That Of Knowledge
Shopping. What I find so inimitably fascinating about shopping is how you donāt always leave a shop with what you intended to go in for. What are treasures to one can be obsolete objects to another, but whether you come out with your intended buy or an unexpected profit itās just another reminder of how this world is wildly full of surprises.
By Megan Kingsbury5 years ago in Geeks
Heather the Hamster. Top Story - April 2021.
I hate thinking of Heather as being a āpurchaseā. I often forget that I actually paid to have my little friend in my life. If anyone ever asked me āwhat do you think has been your best ever purchaseā I had maybe mentioned a new piece of filming equipment that had advanced my filmmaking or a new book that brought insight to a fictional world I loved, but now?
By Megan Kingsbury5 years ago in Petlife
